Michigan Mental Health Training Kit

 

NNLM Region 6 is excited to share a valuable new resource: The Michigan Mental Health Training Kit.

This free resource is designed to support librarians, library workers, and front-line library staff across Michigan by enhancing their understanding of both crisis and non-crisis mental health situations. Its goal is to increase their confidence in responding to the mental health needs of library visitors. Learn more and access the resources!

I'm wondering if we might be able to create an equivalent resource for Wisconsin?

A closer look at the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine

CBS Sunday Morning recently took a deeper look at the Wayback Machine. Did you know it's been archiving webpages since 1996? I know I've used the Wayback Machine many times, especially to answer questions on organizational history. Questions that couldn't be answered with current website information, but had been featured information at one time. The Wayback Machine helped me go back in time on a website and find that information for a patron.

Thank you, Internet Archive's Wayback Machine! 

Why Search Algorithms Matter ...

This video is an oldie, but a goodie, and an excellent reminder that search engine results are optimized NOT for the good of all.    Think about this the next time you do a Google Search.  

Dr. Nobel was an invited speaker at the 2024 MLA Conference.

Back in 2009, when Safiya Noble, a visiting professor, conducted a Google search using keywords "black girls," "latina girls," and "asian girls," the first page of results were invariably linked to pornography.

In her book, Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism, Noble delves into the ways search engines misrepresent a variety of people, concepts, types of information and knowledge. Her aim: to get people thinking and talking about the prominent role technology plays in shaping our lives and our future.

This video explores her journey into researching this topic and what it means to us.

MLA website to get a new look

 MLA is updating their website. See below for more details.

"We are excited to announce the new MLA website will be live at the end of the month! The new MLANET will have a fresh new look, personalized dashboards, simplified user experiences, and automated workflows and notifications for volunteers. What to Expect When the new site goes live on Wednesday, June 26, 2024, you will have access to anything public on MLANET. The following will not be available until Monday, July 8: Any activity that requires a login (e.g., purchasing) Your user profile - please update your profile, details below Communities Applications MEDLIB-ED EFTS Timeline Weds, June 26 EOD Data Migration Monday, July 8 New Website Online (public) Current website disabled Updated web pages MLAConnect I Am MLA, Fellows Disabled Services Login (no member access, no EFTS) Communities and forums Applications and forms Membership data Purchase history Committee history Caucus membership, threads, and files LMS course access (e.g., CE Passport) AHIP status and application Specialization status and applications Award and recognition history MLAConnect LMS transcripts Access Restored Member EFS LMS Communities MLAConnect Job Ads By July 15 AHIP applications Specialization applications By end of July LMS transcript New mentoring experience"

Health Bytes SPECIAL EDITION - Intro to the Piecing Together Systematic Reviews Series Webinar

Watch on YouTube

Evaluation Link: https://nnlm.gov/SPHB6524

MLA CE Expires: Dec 5, 2024

"Introduction to the Piecing Together Systematic Reviews Series" is presented by Margaret Foster, MS, MPH, Evidence Synthesis and Scholarly Communication Librarian and the Head of the Center for Systematic Reviews and Research Syntheses at the Medical Sciences Library, Texas A&M University.

This SPECIAL EDITION of Health Bytes with Region 3 serves as an introduction to the 5-part Piecing Together Systematic Reviews Series.

The remaining sessions in the series cover the review cycle framework, PIECCESS, as described in the book by Foster and Jewell (2022) Piecing Together Systematic Reviews and Other Evidence Syntheses. Throughout the phases, the potential roles for librarians, health care professionals and others interested in the process of systematic review are discussed as well as categories of client, such as those who read reviews as compared to those who conduct reviews.

See the NNLM Training Calendar for more information on the remainder of the sessions in this series:

See the NNLM Training Calendar for more information on the remainder of the sessions in this series: https://www.nnlm.gov/training/class/i...

The Network of the National Library of Medicine is funded by the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services. Learn more at

The Network of the National Library of Medicine is funded by the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services. Learn more at https://nnlm.gov

New Emergency Contact Law in Wisconsin

 You may want to post this for your library users:

 As of June 1, 2024 Wisconsin residents can now add one emergency contact to their driver license or ID card record.  This contact information could be available to law enforcement agencies in the event you are in a collision or are experiencing a medical emergency.  Sign up here:

 https://wisconsindot.gov/Pages/dmv/license-drvs/how-to-apply/Emergency-contact.aspx

WHSLA's newest award: The Robert Koehler Exemplary Service Award

This past Monday, June 6 the WHSLA Board had the honor of presenting Robert Koehler with the new WHSLA Robert Koehler Exemplary Service Award. Robert received this newly designated award for his service to WHSLA and health science librarianship in Wisconsin for over 37 years. 

Here are a few highlights of his time in WHSLA:

• Issue 177 from November 1985: Robert Koehler listed as a new WHSLA member.  Location is Methodist Hospital Library.
• Issue 194 from July 1987: Robert Koehler listed in the WHSLA Election Committee report as one of six newly elected representatives. 
• Issue 217 from November 1989: Robert is the Program chair for the 1990 WHSLA Annual meeting to be held in April.  Fun fact: on the conference registration form for the meeting (included in issue 221) they asked for your social security number if you wanted to collect CEU credits!
• Issue 222 from May-June 1990: Congratulations to Robert as he is elected President-elect in spring 1990.
• Issue 230 from May-June 1991: Robert’s first president’s column talks about how he’s recharged after the conference in Green Bay and that the class he attended on computers was helpful as he prepares to bring CD-Rom technology into the library.  Blast from the past!
• Issue 240 from May-June 1992: Robert’s first past-president’s column talks about how when he was first approached about running for WHSLA president, his initial reaction was, “I’m not really qualified to handle the position.”  His second thought was, “I don’t have the time.” He went on to say that his fears on both counts were quickly dispelled.  He said he had so many WHSLA members to turn to for help and there are so many unsung heroes in the organization.  He found it easy to find people to agree to help and had people calling him to offer to help with committees.
• Issue 248 from April-May 1993.  Robert’s elected Rep-at-large again.
• Issue 251 from October 1993: Robert gave the Treasurer report at the April 1993 Board meeting
• Issue 314 from November/December 2003: In the President’s letter, Robert’s mentioned as the 2003 WHSLA Librarian of the Year.  The award garnered attention for Robert at Meriter Hospital; he was featured in the hospital newsletter and honored by the CEO. 

Robert was also featured as a 2016 WHSLA Spotlight. 

We wish you all the best in your retirement, Robert!

Butterfly in the Sky - The Reading Rainbow Documentary

Inspiring and nostalgic, Butterfly in the Sky takes audiences behind the scenes of the beloved PBS children’s series Reading Rainbow, and tells the story of its iconic host LeVar Burton, giving an inside look at the challenges he and the show's creators faced in cultivating a love of reading through television. Reliving the show’s legacy is a refreshing return to the written page. But you don’t have to take our word for it.

Featured in the documentary are LeVar Burton, (Reading Rainbow Host), Whoopi Goldberg (Guest Star), Jason Reynolds (Former National Ambassador for Young People's Literature), Twila Liggett (Reading Rainbow Co-creator), Larry Lancit & Cecily Truett Lancit (Reading Rainbow Co-Creators), Tony Buttino (Reading Rainbow Co-creator), Steve Horelick (Reading Rainbow Composer), Ed & Orly Wiseman (Reading Rainbow Director / Producer) and also staff who worked on Reading Rainbow and kids who were featured on the show during the it’s illustrious 26-year run.

Directed by Bradford Thomason and Brett Whitcomb

Butterfly in the Sky - IMDb [Includes links to stream on NetFlix or buy / rent on Amazon Prime]

Anatomage Tables at MLA

Kellee Selden returned from the 2024 MLA Conference in Portand earlier in May to say that one of the most interesting things she saw there were these digital anatomy dissection tables by Anatomage in the vendor hall.

Derived from actual human cadavers, these tables are used by students to learn anatomy.  These have been very popular with nursing students who would not actually get to take an official cadaver dissection class as medical students do.  

You can click through layers of tissue from skin to bone or turn 3D images in any direction to get a better look.  It's pretty amazing!  Watch the video above ...

The tables are expensive at $80,000 for a large table, or $60K for the smaller ones.   Donors often put up the cash for a learning environment.